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Authors: Anthony Riches

Fortress of Spears (49 page)

Titus smiled happily back at him, putting two fingers to his mouth and blowing a piercing note. After a moment’s pause the barrack door behind them burst open, and the five other men who had accompanied Dubnus to Waterside Fort crowded through it, led by the grizzled soldier who had made the impassioned plea on their behalf at Fort Habitus. Their watch officer flicked his wrist, allowing a heavy leather-lined cosh to fall from his sleeve, pointed at the cavalrymen and bellowed a single word, lifting the weapon and stepping forward to find his first victim.


Habitus!

By the same author in the
Empire
series

Wounds of Honour
Arrows of Fury

About the Author

Anthony Riches holds a degree in Military Studies at Manchester University. He began writing the story that would become the first novel in the
Empire
series,
Wounds of Honour
, after a visit to Housesteads Roman fort in 1996. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and three children. This is his third novel.

Table of Contents

Fortress of Spears

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Map

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

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